Overly suave
The crossword clue "Overly suave" is answered by OILY, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1993. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OILY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OILY answer page.
Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1993. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for OILY
Every other clue in this collection answered by OILY, most used first.
- Unctuous - used 153 times, most recently in 2026
- Greasy - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Slick - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Like sardines - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Smooth-talking - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
- Like unwashed hair - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Smarmy - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Too smooth. - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
- Suave - used 8 times, most recently in 1996
- Like a dipstick - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Like a mechanic's rag - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Like an unwiped dipstick - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Pinguid - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Bootlicking - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Full of grease - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Like a slick garage floor - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Like bad fried food - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Like some garage floors - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Oleaginous - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Overly smooth - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Well-lubricated - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Overly proper - PRIM, used 46 times
- Overly curious - NOSY, used 42 times
- Overly inquisitive - NOSY, used 33 times
- Be overly sweet - CLOY, used 28 times
- Overly eager - AGOG, used 20 times
- Overly formal - PRIM, used 20 times
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